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In this narrated review video, an in-depth comparison is made between Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, juxtaposed against the nearly three-millennia-old poetry of Homer. The...

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According to ancient Greek myth and legend, a man named Tereus was once the ruler of a powerful Thracian kingdom. He was a mighty...

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Ptolemy I was an officer in the army of Alexander the Great (r. 336-323 BCE) who dramatically ascended the military hierarchy to become a...

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  The Buddha (c. 6th-5th century BCE) "Look at this beautified image composed of wounds amassed. Full of sickness, yet desired by many, it has neither permanence nor constancy." ...

Illustration Depicting The Demise Of Vortigern, From A 14th-Century Manuscript

This illustration, from a 14th-century manuscript (labeled BL Royal 20 A II, f. 3 in The British Library) depicts a scene from British legend....

The Tale Of The Rude And Deadly Dogs That Revolted Against The Donatists

In the 4th century, the Christian community in North Africa suffered a major schism. Great portions of the local clergy and their flocks contested...
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